Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Gnidiella) semiplicata, Chione semiplicata
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. Fauna of the Santa Margarita beds in the North Coalinga region of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(18):293-326
Belongs to Chione (Chionopsis) according to O.S. Adegoke 1969
See also Nomland 1917 and Parker 1949
Sister taxa: Chione (Chionopsis) angelana, Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas, Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana, Chione (Chionopsis) manabia, Chione (Chionopsis) posorjensis, Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua, Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni, Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Chione (Chionopsis) traftoni, Chione (Chionopsis) variabilis, Chione (Chionopsis) venadoensis, Chione (Chionopsis) wiedenmayeri, Chionopsis (Puberella), Chionopsis amathusia, Chionopsis crenifera, Chionopsis gnidia, Chionopsis lilacina, Chionopsis munsterii, Chionopsis ornatissima, Chionopsis pubera, Chionopsis pulicaria, Chionopsis woodwardi
Type specimen: UCMP 11318, a valve
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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